People talk all this nonsense about BRady coming up small while ignoring that he literally has 3 receiving options on the field tonight. Hernandez, Lloyd, and Welker. Branch can't get open and no one respects him. Everything has to be fast and insanely accurate. Without Gronk he has no big targets.

It's time to let Welker go and spend money on a big time receiver. He's not it.

How many receiving options do you need? Welker, Lloyd and Hernandez are all above average. Ravens had Pitta, Torrie and Anquan. 49ers don't even have 3.

That's not an excuse. Brady also has 2 receiving rbs

It is the type of weapons use your brain. None of those guys get separation and none of them take the top off the defense. If you have the personnel to stick with them then everything becomes difficult. Who was the last team to win a SB without a threat that could take the top off the defense and did not have that threat do it at some point the SB to win the game...go ahead, I'll wait.

Giants

Steelers

Packers

Giants.

Even when we played the Giants it was Moss that had the go ahead TD. In the playoffs, all that misdirection stuff the Pats do does not work against teams that can cover it. It's that simple. You have to be able to line up against people and be able to beat someone and get space. You can only do that so many times playing underneath. Look at the Falcons today, they could do that and they just straight up blew it because their QB is a choke artist. Flacco has Smith, Boldin and two tights ends that are match ups nightmares. The presence of Smith allows them all to get open. You take away Smith and they are us and can be guarded the same way.

The book is out on us, we won't win again until we rectify it. That's why we carried Stallworth instead of Branch. The 49ers have Vernon Davis who was destroying the Falcons deep, they have Crabtree who can run all the routes and they have Randy Moss who was pivotal down the stretch because of the respect he was given because of his speed. I don't know what you're talking about.

welkers drop changed the outcome. send him to the colts where he can do what he does best....choke like gomer. send brady packing too, give me a mobil QB that has the balls to get the first down when its 3-2.

I thought the game was lost when they couldn't score a TD once they got into the red zone. ANd the 2 turnovers didn't help.

The big drop came 3 plays after he got his "bell rung" on the Pollard penalty. I'm not making excuses because it's a catch that has to be made. I'm just saying there may be a connection. He started to look upfield before securing the ball, maybe expecting another big hit.

Please find a way to apply the same reasoning to Brady that you apply to other QB's.

If this had happened to another QB, you would have dismissed the drops and focused on the poor clock mgmt, the missed throws, and the bad ints.

Receivers do drop balls, including Welker. But for those who wish to see Welker gone, I ask, how would the pats replace his production?

He's caught more than 110 balls and more than 1100 yds in 4 of the past 5 years. Last night he had 8 for 117 and the pats only TD. Maybe Gronkowski and Hernandez can do that, but I doubt it. Besides, its a regular possibility that one or the other is injured.

Here's the other thing. Brady doesn't have to teach Welker anything. He automatically knows where to be and when to be there. Those two are the single best QB/WR combo in the NFL.

I just think that if y'all think removing Welker helps the pats, you'll be disappointed with the results if it actually happens.

Take the Welker poster of your bedroom ceiling dude! YOU ARE A FOOL. ALWAYS HAVE BEEN!

I think it is safe to say Tom Brady's worst postseason game ever was the one in which Welker was injured and did not play. I'd be willing to bet that he'd call Welker the most reliable receiver he's ever had.

Welker's drop was a pivotal play. But without him the Pats probably don't score 13 points and get trounced. Accept it, the Ravens had a better gameplan and adjusted well at half time. They brought their A game and enough intensity to beat the Pats at home, no easy task. They were the better team. To blame Welker is ridiculous.